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Publication details [#9533]

Trömel-Plötz, Senta. 1979. 'Männer sind eben so': Eine linguistische Beschreibung von Modalpartikeln aufgezeigt an der Analyse von dt. 'eben' und engl. 'just'. In Weydt, Harald, ed. Die Partikeln der deutschen Sprache. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 318–334.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

German

Keywords

assertive | modal particle | therapeutic conversation

Language as a subject

English | German

Annotation

Presents an analysis of German 'eben' and English 'just'. Shows that the use of these particles makes a representative speech act into a kind of categorical and axiomatic statement. Gives evidence from psychotherapeutic discourse that these particles can also be used to express helplessness.